Press Advisory
Number: No. 367-P
December 28, 1995
PRESS ADVISORY
Secretary of Defense
William J. Perry will depart Washington, D.C. Monday night, January 1,
1996, on an eight-country, seven-day trip to Europe and the Middle East.
The Secretary will
visit U.S. and NATO forces at Aviano AB and Vicenza, Italy,and Taszar
and Kopasvar, Hungary on January 2. The next day he will travel to Sarajevo
and Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina. While in Sarajevo, he will also meet
with officials from the Bosnian government. Accompanying the Secretary
in Italy, Hungary and Bosnia will be Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
On January 4, the
Secretary visits Kiev, Ukraine for bilateral discussions with Ukrainian
government officials as well as a trilateral meeting with Ukranian Minister
of Defense Valery Shmarov and Russian Minister of Defense Pavel Grachev.
On January 5, Secretary Perry and his Ukrainian and Russian counterparts
will jointly participate in a missile silo destruction in Pervomaysk,
Ukraine. There will also be a separate ceremony marking the turnover
of housing built for Ukrainian officers as part of the Cooperative
Threat Reduction Program.
Later on January
5, Secretary Perry flies to Muscat, Oman for meetings with Omani government
officials.
On January 6, after
meetings in Oman, Secretary Perry travels to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to
discuss regional security issues with Saudi government officials. The
following day, the Secretary moves to Amman, Jordan, where he will meet
with King Hussein and other Jordanian government officials. On January
8,Secretary Perry will continue regional security discussions in Jerusalem
with Israeli government officials. He will return to Washington, D.C.
later that same day.
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